An illustrated flora of the An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 450 POLYGALACEAE, 10. Polygala Curtissii A. Gray. Curtiss' Milk- wort. Fig. 2704. Polygala Curlissii A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 1867. Erect, slender, 8'-lo' high, much resembling the preced- ing species and the following; heads globose or rarely elongated, at first pointed, blunt when fully developed, loosely flowered,
An illustrated flora of the An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 450 POLYGALACEAE, 10. Polygala Curtissii A. Gray. Curtiss' Milk- wort. Fig. 2704. Polygala Curlissii A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 1867. Erect, slender, 8'-lo' high, much resembling the preced- ing species and the following; heads globose or rarely elongated, at first pointed, blunt when fully developed, loosely flowered, 4'-6' thick; bracts persistent, mainly shorter than the slender pedicels; flowers purple; wings oblong, clawed, nearly erect, twice the length of the pod; seed obovoid, very hairy, apiculate; caruncle minute, much shorter than the seed. o Kentucky, Georgia and .Ala- II. Polygala mariana Mill. Marjland Milk- wort. Fig. 2705. Polygala mariana Mill. Gard. Diet. no. 6. 1768. Polygala fastigiala Nutt. Gen. 2: 89. 1818. .\nnual, slender, glabrous, 6'-i6' high, at length much branched above. Basal leaves none; stem- leaves linear, 3'-9' long, about l' wide, entire, mostly acute, mucronulate; heads globose or slightly longer than thick, obtuse, 3'-4' wide; pediceis slen- der, ii'-2' long; flowers rose-purple; wings ovate- oblong or obovate, pointed, narrowed at the base, slightly longer than the pod; bracts deciduous from the elongating ; caruncle-lobes embracing the smaller extremity of the slightly hairy obovoid seed; corolla minutely crested. In dry soil, southern Xew Jersey and Delaware to Florida, west to Kentucky and Texas. July-Sept.
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